I don't understand. The combat system doesn't seem to look much different -- animations that STILL don't really make sense and STILL look more like a dance rather than a coherent player vs player battle.

I'm assuming the combat interface is where the actual changes are going to be taking place. I still see 0 need for this change. At this point, though, it doesn't effect me soo.. who cares?

Runescapes uniqueness is what attracted me to the game for so long, now its like Dragons Nest with WoW with only a few aspects of the original game left, rs2006 is still in my prayers LOL, although that game wont have everything I want, it'll be good nuff if it turns out the way its supposed to.

Not gonna lie, and luke would hate me for it 2010 was probably the best year. I dunno I can certainly see why this would interest people but after playing the game since '03, I kinda kick myself when I see this.

I totally agree that it looks cool. I totally agree that the graphics' evolution is amazing considering Jagex still enables players to play in-browser. Java + In-browser is a very limiting way to design a game and they've done an awesome job at raising the limits of in-browser java gaming since Runescape first started.

All I'm saying is that while the graphics and "traditional MMO" feel of Runescape have, and for the most part continue to, improve, the two most important aspects of ANY game have greatly decreased: gameplay, and community.

I've noticed an uprising in obnoxious players -- name calling for no good reason, lack of respect towards fellow players, almost complete disappearance of spirit of the game (leading to the bot uprisings and scammers); the works.

The root cause? Jagex's shitty updates and lack of love and care for the game -- they don't give a flying FUCK about the bots. This is evidenced through their return and their lengthy stay and ridiculous abundance these past 2 years. If those bots are paying the $5 Jagex wants every month, why should they give a fuck? They tried to show their "zero-tolerance" standpoint towards bots by sending a pmod or jmod to perform "mass bannings" in bot-heavy areas. Guess what worlds these sort of public-relations events occurred in? FREE WORLDS.

Shitty updates? You bet. Honestly, name the last time there was a solid update that brought new and exciting gameplay to the game without introducing another OP weapon or completely changing the way previous game mechanics worked. Even dungeoneering was a bit of a stretch considering it combined every skill already in the game into a new "skill." Last I checked, that's a fuckin' minigame. Not a skill.

Bottom line, Jagex fucked their game up because they got caught up in petty details, lost inspiration in the game itself, and the fundamentals that made Runescape fun before it looked cool have been (and are being) replaced by "traditional MMO" features.

I always kinda liked the way the armor looked already, I wouldn't mind other graphic changes but the whole new design of the armor is the only thing that kinda gets me with the graphics portion.

Another big problem when I logged on to Chris's account was the horrible server lag, you click someone and 3 seconds later he finally does it, I don't remember it always being like that, it's possible I guess though.

Maybe we should stop spamming Josh's thread with was our beefs with the game are, new topic anyone?

Yeah, I have no intention of trying to memorize what all the new barrows looks like. The f2p armors are quite hideous aswell, but I have to say black armor looks like a little nice. And the god armors look a lot different, with some better and some worse aspects.

I always liked how the higher leveled armor looked cooler not that the lower level armored looked bad but now its kinda just like, K I'ma wear full iron till I hit 60 def cause I think it looks the best lol.